A landmark German court ruling has declared that Google's AI Overviews are legally Google's own words, not neutral third-party aggregations. This makes Google directly liable for false or misleading answers generated by the feature, removing the 'just a tool' defense. The ruling is among the first globally to apply traditional media liability frameworks to generative AI search results.
According to a TechCrunch report, following a recent AI feature update to Google Search, a baffling system bug emerged: users can now cause the entire Google…